REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO SUPPORTERS AT THE RALLY
Main Hall of Hartford Union Station
Hartford, Connecticut

11:36 P.M. EDT

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Folks, thank you for waiting.
Thank you for being here. (Applause.) I would like to -- first of all,
I want you, before you lose all your enthusiasm, join me in thanking our
musicians, the Mike Rubow Quintet (phonetic), the Trinity College --
(applause) -- thank you very much, from Trinity College. Thank you.
(Applause.)

Let me say I'm about all talked out tonight. But I want to
thank you for being here. Hillary and Chelsea had to go home, thanks
for asking. But I believe the American people tonight got an accurate
picture of the differences in this election and the stakes in this
election. And I personally thought that Senator Dole did a very good
job of stating his position. I did the best I could to state mine.
(Applause.)

I want to ask you to -- I want you to keep cheering like
that for a month -- but I want you to think about this. There are just
about four weeks left, four weeks from Tuesday. And all of you -- I'm
really glad to see so many young people in this audience tonight.
(Applause.) The one thing that is hard to convey in a debate like this,
because all the answers and questions, you know, have to be done in a
set period of time -- is the whole sweep of this time we're living in.

And I just want you to know that my honest belief is that
the future that you will live will be the most interesting,
unpredictable and positive ways -- time in all of human history. If we
do the right things to make sure that everybody has a chance to live up
to the fullest of their ability and if we don't forget that -- the First
Lady is right -- it does take a village, we have to do this together.
We have to do this together. (Applause.) And so, I just want to ask
you -- I just want to ask you to --

AUDIENCE MEMBER: It takes a village to raise a child.

THE PRESIDENT: It sure does. Give him a hand.
(Applause.) And, so look -- so I want to ask you to keep this
enthusiasm for four weeks and two days and to take a little time every
day to engage your friends and neighbors about what's at stake in this
election. This is really about how we're all going to live when we
start a new century, and how this country is going to be when your kids
are your age. We're on the right track. You've given me a great boost
tonight. Let's bear down and bring it home. Thank you. (Applause.)